KANANASKIS, Alberta: Group of Seven leaders met on Monday (Jun 16) looking for a standard method on wars in Ukraine and the Center East however confronted early challenges as US President Donald Trump mentioned eradicating Russia from the previous Group of Eight over a decade in the past had been a mistake.
The as soon as tight-knit grouping has struggled to search out unity as Washington retreats from multilateralism and Trump overtly expresses help for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US, together with the European Union, are convening within the resort space of Kananaskis within the Canadian Rockies till Tuesday.
Talking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump mentioned the previous Group of Eight had been fallacious to kick out Russia in 2014 after it annexed Crimea.
“This was a giant mistake,” Trump mentioned, including he believed Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine in 2022 had Putin not been ejected.
“Putin speaks to me. He would not converse to anyone else … he isn’t a cheerful particular person about it. I can let you know that he principally would not even converse to the those that threw him out, and I agree with him,” Trump mentioned.
Although Trump stopped wanting saying Russia needs to be reinstated within the group, his feedback elevate doubts about how a lot Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy can obtain when he meets the leaders on Tuesday. European nations say they need to persuade Trump to again harder sanctions on Moscow.
Zelenskyy mentioned he deliberate to debate new weapons purchases for Ukraine with Trump.
